Any fears that Tilda Swinton would be hit by the Best Supporting Actress Oscar curse (hello Mercedes Ruehl, Mira Sorvino and Renee Zellweger) after her win in 2008 for “Michael Clayton” have proven unfounded – since then, she’s worked with David Fincher, Jim Jarmusch, The Coen Brothers and, shortly, Lynne Ramsay, as well as making her long-awaited reunion with director Luca Guadagnino (“The Protagonists,” “The Love Factory”), “I Want Love.”
Magnolia Pictures, who are putting the film out Stateside, have released a new trailer for the film. It’s a lavish melodrama revolving around a wealthy family in Milan, with Swinton playing the Russian-born wife of the son, who begins an affair with a chef. It’s done the rounds at pretty much every film festival and has picked up, for the most part, rave reviews, as the trailer demonstrates. It looks gloriously overblown (including a scene apparently inspired by Pixar’s “Ratatouille,” of all things), and with a score by minimalist composer John Adams, should prove a treat for the ears as well as the eyes.
It opens in the States on June 18th, but it gets a UK release this Friday (April 9th), so we’ll hopefully catch up with it over the weekend and bring you a review next week. You can also see the trailer in HD over at Apple. You can also take a look at the previously released and opulent international trailer here.